tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54322113918429153732017-02-09T04:51:12.348+00:00The Ninth LifeThree friends attempt to complete each game in their entire PC games catalogue in alphabetical order, with only one life per game. Which games will they clock? Which will they fail miserably? Which ones will even install after all these years? One chance, one life, no mistakes.Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504069849262159670noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-41936080698129785852014-06-03T12:27:00.000+01:002014-06-03T12:27:46.699+01:00Dead! Comman-D'oh!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WahxsFTHBF0/U42vJUj_IkI/AAAAAAAADP8/Bjv6qK3ktAU/s1600/cnc3game+2014-05-08+12-29-55-846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WahxsFTHBF0/U42vJUj_IkI/AAAAAAAADP8/Bjv6qK3ktAU/s1600/cnc3game+2014-05-08+12-29-55-846.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He&#39;s not pleased</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr">Hampton Roads. It&#39;s some sort of naval base. I think. It&#39;s also the scene of my ultimate demise. The NOD juggernaut stopped in this place on this day. So I guess in a way that&#39;s good, right? NOD are the bad guys so we should be pleased. Hooray! Anyway, read on for the sorry tale of my final mission.</div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/06/dead-comman-d.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-56469890216485555562014-05-21T17:19:00.000+01:002014-05-21T17:20:04.793+01:00NODding off<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dOVPdKB7TQ/U3zQ5K8VOeI/AAAAAAAADO4/soyRbEBGt94/s1600/cnc3game+2014-05-08+12-14-02-091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8dOVPdKB7TQ/U3zQ5K8VOeI/AAAAAAAADO4/soyRbEBGt94/s1600/cnc3game+2014-05-08+12-14-02-091.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do your top up for goodness sake, you&#39;re on duty!</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr">So far, so repetitive.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The opening section of the NOD campaign in Command &amp; Conquer 3 is basically the other side of the GDI opening missions and has been similarly stress free.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/05/nodding-off.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-35263574879960324782014-04-30T13:58:00.000+01:002014-04-30T13:58:17.522+01:00Dead! G! (I) DIed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IOl0qMsxrE8/U2DyjOgJlDI/AAAAAAAADNg/e3BOV3ZX7bo/s1600/cnc3game+2014-04-07+12-43-15-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IOl0qMsxrE8/U2DyjOgJlDI/AAAAAAAADNg/e3BOV3ZX7bo/s1600/cnc3game+2014-04-07+12-43-15-384.jpg" height="240" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Worst headline ever. I need to save my good ones though I&#39;ve got another 3 C&amp;C games to get through.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Alas, it was bound to happen at some point. I couldn&#39;t keep making major mistakes in a hard campaign and getting away with it. It&#39;s really turning game-playing into a sport where I have to FOCUS all the time and make sure I get RESULTS. Read on to witness the shambolic end...</div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/04/dead-g-i-died.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-50963724378082704582014-04-01T12:47:00.003+01:002014-04-01T12:48:28.945+01:00C&C3: The North African Campaign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BQvhH9NNFw4/UzqnENk9iaI/AAAAAAAADL4/CR0yUzXYxMg/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-17+12-41-40-687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BQvhH9NNFw4/UzqnENk9iaI/AAAAAAAADL4/CR0yUzXYxMg/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-17+12-41-40-687.jpg" height="240" width="320"></a></div><br>NOD had created a Liquid Tiberium weapon. It has a yield 10 times that of a Nuke (of course), but it ALSO creates an endothermic reaction which will detonate any Tiberium fields caught in the blast radius. In the strongly infected &#39;Yellow Zones&#39; this could be catastrophic. We know they&#39;re using an old Chemical Factory in North Africa, so that&#39;s where I&#39;m off to.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/04/c-north-african-campaign.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-39841372426514795942014-03-19T12:21:00.000+00:002014-03-19T12:21:52.379+00:00America is Saved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNMDP1YvRpM/UymLBNegKoI/AAAAAAAADLQ/bv0v6v9Eb-8/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-17+12-39-37-706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNMDP1YvRpM/UymLBNegKoI/AAAAAAAADLQ/bv0v6v9Eb-8/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-17+12-39-37-706.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I totally saved America! Well, the bits of it that were important anyway. The East Coast bits basically. With the rich people in.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hooray!</div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/03/america-is-saved.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-18624303333914901012014-03-12T11:49:00.000+00:002014-03-12T11:49:03.256+00:00Commando & Conquer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhzrPFYszZs/UyBITRglo5I/AAAAAAAADJo/Ov_72UrUs6w/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-11+12-17-55-166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OhzrPFYszZs/UyBITRglo5I/AAAAAAAADJo/Ov_72UrUs6w/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-11+12-17-55-166.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some awesome ships I&#39;m not allowed to use</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In spite of my initial desire to rush for Orcas, when presented with the two missions on offer I decided to take Hampton Roads back and gain access to Grenadiers. The main reason for this is that the Hampton Roads mission is a Commando mission which is always good for a laugh and, I felt, would give me the best chance of success. Only having to concentrate on one unit and being able to take my time would stop me getting tangled up trying to do too much and accidentally walking my troops into a volcano or something.</div><div dir="ltr">I could finally set the difficulty to hard too and stop feeling like a terrible charlatan. </div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/03/commando-conquer.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-14301810288949029702014-03-10T12:30:00.001+00:002014-03-10T12:30:41.148+00:00People Against Goodness And Normal (difficulty)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4VDXKUR2CM/Ux2uoEs6E4I/AAAAAAAADJE/bkSPfWmUIkU/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-05+12-48-26-122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N4VDXKUR2CM/Ux2uoEs6E4I/AAAAAAAADJE/bkSPfWmUIkU/s1600/cnc3game+2014-03-05+12-48-26-122.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The space station Philadelphia has been destroyed with most of the world&#39;s major leaders and the heads of GDI onboard! NOD is back and there&#39;s a media blackout! The Pentagon is under attack and I STILL can&#39;t find the difficulty setting! It&#39;s all kicking off in C&amp;C3...</div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/03/people-against-goodness-and-normal.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-47971252705973760522014-03-03T17:42:00.001+00:002014-03-03T17:42:57.711+00:00C&C vehicle factory<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_Di0NWlbuE/UxS9lG42VdI/AAAAAAAADIc/NKTjJTRb4G4/s1600/cnc3game+2014-02-28+12-57-31-119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_Di0NWlbuE/UxS9lG42VdI/AAAAAAAADIc/NKTjJTRb4G4/s1600/cnc3game+2014-02-28+12-57-31-119.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big man</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr">The first mission of C&amp;C 3&#39;s GDI campaign is a classic, by-the-book tutorial opener. NOD activity has reduced to almost nothing and you&#39;re sent on a routine patrol to investigate some possible naughty behaviour.</div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2014/03/c-vehicle-factory.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-86315139538255212242014-02-24T12:29:00.000+00:002014-02-24T12:32:15.876+00:00Update and ApologiesHello friends!<br /><br />Many apologies for the lack of updates in the last few months - Ben's been buying a house and Neil had a wedding to plan and execute. I, on the other hand, have nothing but laziness to blame for my lack of posts.<br /><br />Next up in my list was the original Command &amp; Conquer, a game I was mainly looking forward to because of it's mind-blowing installation screen which I remember my jaw dropping at when I first ran it, however, it doesn't work on 64-bit machines, and I found the web-only version too 'springy' on the old mouse interaction to play for any amount of time.<br /><br />Next up is Command and Conquer 3 though, which Neil and I played extensively against each other, so I'll be starting on that tomorrow!<br /><br />Happy New Year everyone!actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-33457048568485334942013-10-16T12:35:00.000+01:002013-10-16T12:35:30.757+01:00Dead Alert! Red Alert 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dkvq2n-nm2c/Ul54AGdBQgI/AAAAAAAADD4/YVuYl-pZwI4/s1600/RA3_1.12+2013-09-12+12-28-36-433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dkvq2n-nm2c/Ul54AGdBQgI/AAAAAAAADD4/YVuYl-pZwI4/s1600/RA3_1.12+2013-09-12+12-28-36-433.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bring it on</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I had high hopes for this run through. It had it all - a genre I considered myself good at, a game I hadn&#39;t played so it would be a new experience, it was modern so I could take plenty of nice looking screenshots.<br>Yep it was all adding up to be a doozy. <br>Guess what happened? </div><div dir="ltr"></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/10/dead-alert-red-alert-3.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-70072435474638005992013-09-11T18:31:00.001+01:002013-09-11T18:31:49.372+01:00Dead! Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3: Reds Under the Ground<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6jWuv4GWYH8/UjCg548nJSI/AAAAAAAADCc/k04zb101PII/s1600/RA3_1.12+2013-09-11+17-49-50-707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6jWuv4GWYH8/UjCg548nJSI/AAAAAAAADCc/k04zb101PII/s1600/RA3_1.12+2013-09-11+17-49-50-707.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, obviously</td></tr></tbody></table><br>We&#39;re deep into the C&#39;s now and with &#39;C&#39; comes C&amp;C, one of my favourite franchises. I think I have all of them except the terrible FPS and the latest one which seemed a bit weird (walking bases that respawn sounded interesting, but I think I had other games to focus on). With three campaigns which can be played co-op or single player, this game is going to get a LOT of time between the three of us, so here&#39;s my first run at the solo Soviet campaign.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/09/dead-command-and-conquer-red-alert-3.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-36306381247162936622013-09-11T12:23:00.003+01:002013-09-11T12:23:55.264+01:00Skipped! Civilisation: Call To PowerHey gang!<br /><br />Just a note to say that I'm unable to install Civilisation: Call to Power. It just sticks at 61% and never goes any further.<br />I'm skipping it for now and moving on to Red Alert 3, but if you have any idea how to get it to work then let me know!actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-50552225502936120812013-09-02T12:43:00.002+01:002013-09-02T12:43:44.648+01:00Dead? Call To Power 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/CTP2.jpg/250px-CTP2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/CTP2.jpg/250px-CTP2.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay?</td></tr></tbody></table>Call To Power 2 could be the first game in this project which I&#39;ve finished.<br><br>It could be.<br><br>I got to the end and I didn&#39;t die. I think that fulfils the criteria. There is some uncertainty though.<br><br>How did I reach this possibly astonishing conclusion? Read on...<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/09/dead-call-to-power-2.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-81549886227102207692013-08-22T12:29:00.001+01:002013-08-22T12:56:52.379+01:00Dead! - Bastion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6h50DMili0M/Ue2wk0WsHUI/AAAAAAAAAmk/PGAIanyEVUU/s1600/bastionLogoDead.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6h50DMili0M/Ue2wk0WsHUI/AAAAAAAAAmk/PGAIanyEVUU/s1600/bastionLogoDead.png" width="400"></a></div><br>Well, well, well. It had to happen eh.<br><br>After giving it all that in the previous video, I only bloody went and got myself killed didn&#39;t I.<br><br>Lets see how.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/08/dead-bastion.html#more">Read more »</a>mrbennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781827177634535557noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-59109211130621551232013-07-23T14:36:00.000+01:002013-07-23T14:36:20.221+01:00Wall of Duty: Bastion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzI-oqP-stw/Ue2tXsY89XI/AAAAAAAAAmU/FrQKH2zpEKQ/s1600/bastionLogo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzI-oqP-stw/Ue2tXsY89XI/AAAAAAAAAmU/FrQKH2zpEKQ/s1600/bastionLogo.png" height="186" width="400"></a></div><br>Eh! Get it? Because it&#39;s like a walled structure yeah? And a game?<br><br>Urgh. It&#39;s been a while, give me some time to warm up the pipes. Good news is that I&#39;ve finally got round to playing Bastion, after failing to <a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/dead-atom-zombie-un-smasher.html">save a zombie infested city</a>. Inspired by <a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/dead-cod4-soap-macrubbish.html">Thom&#39;s latest video playthrough</a>, I decided that it was about time you saw my awesome game skills - LIVE.<br><br>So.<br><br>Without further ado...<br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/07/wall-of-duty-bastion.html#more">Read more »</a>mrbennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781827177634535557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-41881155152097631962013-07-18T13:30:00.000+01:002013-07-18T13:30:46.312+01:00Red Dragon Age: Call to Power 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S0meC0rz-AI/UefeuC_YT2I/AAAAAAAADB4/-KZAG2oHjvI/s1600/CallToPower2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S0meC0rz-AI/UefeuC_YT2I/AAAAAAAADB4/-KZAG2oHjvI/s1600/CallToPower2.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This isn&#39;t from my game unfortunately*</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Things have reached a precarious point for Owain Glyndwr. A couple of hundred years ago he took the Welsh people by the scruff of the neck and said - &quot;Look here gang, this nomadding business is great and all, but have a look around you. This place is quite nice isn&#39;t it? So maybe we should take a chance, knock up some slightly more permanent dwellings and see how it works out for us? I mean there&#39;s plains, grassland, some ocean with some pearls in, what more could you want? Some bits are a bit marshy mind you, but we&#39;ll probably work out how to drain them one day (depending on what branch of the tech tree we prioritise). Come on everyone, let&#39;s give it crack eh?&quot;<br><br>Today however, Owain and his now thousand strong population find themselves hemmed in by a large, well-armed civilisation who have shown no qualms about stretching their considerable muscles at the slightest hint of provocation. Aggressively expansionist, the tipping point has come, and some tough decisions will have to be made to ensure the future of the Welsh nation.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/07/red-dragon-age-call-to-power-2.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-15594670720817144792013-07-09T11:04:00.002+01:002013-07-16T12:14:03.676+01:00DEAD! Neil returns from *REDACTED* only to die at sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9AcirGMDJE/Udr7BFYj-VI/AAAAAAAAGHk/LZeHaZUccUg/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9AcirGMDJE/Udr7BFYj-VI/AAAAAAAAGHk/LZeHaZUccUg/s400/Untitled.png" height="241" width="400"></a></div>Neil here.<br><br>Where have I been? Well, I can&#39;t really say. Remember that huge nuclear attack that wiped out most of Europe last week? No? That&#39;s because I&#39;m good at my job baby. Moving on...<br><br>Now where were we? Ah yes, Aquaria. Last time I scribbled about this I got nicely tucked into the opening hour of a seemingly inoffensive little indie number about swimming around a little underwater maze. Around and around and around I&#39;d go, making little splashes and singing to aquatic fauna. Yey.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/07/dead-neil-returns-from-redacted-only-to.html#more">Read more »</a>Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504069849262159670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-23711781014193214942013-06-27T10:06:00.001+01:002013-06-27T10:06:05.023+01:00Dead! - COD4 "Soap" MacRubbish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g9azNmnY4NI/UctF_Yrr-XI/AAAAAAAADAc/dEPONtFH2Cs/s1600/iw3sp+2013-06-26+19-38-53-460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g9azNmnY4NI/UctF_Yrr-XI/AAAAAAAADAc/dEPONtFH2Cs/s1600/iw3sp+2013-06-26+19-38-53-460.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br />I think you can all pretty much guess how this went. I completed the tutorial and it told me I should play on Recruit. I chose 'Veteran' (You Will Not Survive).<br />"Are you sure?" it asked, "That difficulty is not recommended".<br /><br />Well we'll just see about that...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fogSa623FbQ" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />And that's that. the one bit where I actually have to shoot some people and I'm killed instantly.<br />:(<br /><br />Call to Power 2 next! Bring it ON!actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-72764547888472691372013-06-12T13:07:00.000+01:002013-06-12T13:07:45.959+01:00Dead! Braid - Time Reverses For No Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6ynWHFR7Vo/Ubha8CdEP1I/AAAAAAAAC_Q/EKwXRqc9thA/s1600/2013-06-12_00001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m6ynWHFR7Vo/Ubha8CdEP1I/AAAAAAAAC_Q/EKwXRqc9thA/s1600/2013-06-12_00001.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></div><br>Braid is widely held to be a masterpiece. A hugely popular indie game with innovative mechanics, some excellent puzzling, sarcastic nods to platformers past and an interesting and grown-up storyline.<br>My playthrough of it lasts about a minute and a half.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/06/dead-braid-time-reverses-for-no-man.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-43021554682079689392013-05-28T13:42:00.000+01:002013-05-28T13:42:12.939+01:00Dead! Bookworm Adventures Vol. 2Well, this is embarrassing.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8sGRP64aCA/UaSbjbNDAbI/AAAAAAAAC9w/d3oSfC2GiYg/s1600/popcapgame1+2013-05-23+12-40-07-817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8sGRP64aCA/UaSbjbNDAbI/AAAAAAAAC9w/d3oSfC2GiYg/s1600/popcapgame1+2013-05-23+12-40-07-817.jpg" height="300" width="400"></a></div>Bookworm Adventures is a game for children. It&#39;s a fun way to practice your spelling from Popcap, who are widely known for their approachable, fun, and ultimately fairly easy games. You play &#39;Lex&#39;, a bookworm who is sucked inside the world of books and has to battle his way out by spelling the longest words you can from a four by four grid of random letters. There is no time limit and potions are given out liberally. Each opponent you defeat replenishes your health to full.<br>I have just been beaten by a boss less than half way through the game.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/05/dead-bookworm-adventures-vol-2.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-44654583003785983452013-05-21T21:57:00.002+01:002013-05-21T21:57:36.526+01:00Dead! Atom Zombie un-Smasher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bIogXPhuOQk/UZvdrq4n0KI/AAAAAAAAAlU/AQs9zCo_Y6E/s1600/coverDead.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bIogXPhuOQk/UZvdrq4n0KI/AAAAAAAAAlU/AQs9zCo_Y6E/s1600/coverDead.png" height="191" width="400"></a></div><br>We can learn much from history, as my old history teacher would harp on about. &quot;mrbenn,&quot; he used to say, &quot;mankind&#39;s greatest triumphs and catastrophes are written in the annals of history; moments of true inspiration, mistakes that we must not make again. History is probably the greatest indicator as to who we are, as a species.&quot;<br><br>Well, he would say that. It was his chosen subject to teach.<br><br>However, he would be right when it came to zombie disaster management, in that my time in charge would surely be written down in history as one of the greatest failings of our time.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/05/dead-atom-zombie-un-smasher.html#more">Read more »</a>mrbennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781827177634535557noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-34946994894253648182013-05-15T13:10:00.000+01:002013-05-15T13:10:10.946+01:00Dead! Well, defeated. Blood Bowl<div dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C677Su071WE/UZN2BITUKQI/AAAAAAAAC8g/darseZSa6qY/s1600/BB+2013-05-09+20-51-26-047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C677Su071WE/UZN2BITUKQI/AAAAAAAAC8g/darseZSa6qY/s1600/BB+2013-05-09+20-51-26-047.jpg" height="225" width="400"></a></div><br>Ah, the sport of kings! That&#39;s horse racing. Blood Bowl on the other hand is a turn-based sport board game set in the Warhammer universe. It&#39;s kind of like American football but with the flow and excitement removed and fantasy clichés and random dice rolls added. Let&#39;s see how my team-The Baker Street Irregulars-got on in their first season in the top flight. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/05/dead-well-defeated-blood-bowl.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-48415567191049518452013-05-02T12:49:00.000+01:002013-05-02T13:22:33.174+01:00Dead! (Inside) - Black and White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rvsf564wjcs/UYJPKuwMpOI/AAAAAAAACwc/T0nrpOclfzY/s1600/black2battlegodsrev1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rvsf564wjcs/UYJPKuwMpOI/AAAAAAAACwc/T0nrpOclfzY/s1600/black2battlegodsrev1.JPG" height="240" width="320"></a></div><br>Well, I don&#39;t know what to say really. I haven&#39;t died in the game, but I have died inside, and my enthusiasm for playing and writing about it is also close to death which is why, for the sake of the project, I&#39;ve decided to just stop playing it.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/05/dead-inside-black-and-white.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-18889211519173737412013-04-18T13:31:00.000+01:002013-04-18T13:31:44.537+01:00Black and White: Find out which of 2 possible people you REALLY are<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Black_&amp;_White_Coverart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Black_&amp;_White_Coverart.png"></a></div><br>So Black and White then. Not a game I&#39;ve been looking forward to particularly. It poses a lot of problems, both personal and practical and I&#39;m not sure how it&#39;ll pan out just yet. Firstly, I got a bit sick of it when it first came out. It&#39;s lengthy unskippable tutorial, and laboured, hand-holding opening hour really didn&#39;t hold up to replays. It&#39;s also one of those games where the choices are so &#39;black and white&#39; that it&#39;s easy to make sure you pick the &#39;right&#39; one depending on your intended play-style. There&#39;s no chance you&#39;ll do something assuming it was good but find out it was actually evil. The other big issue is how I should calculate failure. As a God I can&#39;t die, and I don&#39;t remember ever reaching a point where my village exploded or anything. Can your creature die? That might be a good measure. Anyway, let&#39;s see how I got on...<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/04/black-and-white-find-out-which-of-2.html#more">Read more »</a>actionthomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13446557631538785684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432211391842915373.post-11058609044459823402013-04-01T18:01:00.001+01:002013-04-01T18:01:31.000+01:00Atom Zombie Smasher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--7S7W9TbMII/UVm3zuEixTI/AAAAAAAAAjw/e9U_Suz7pxg/s1600/cover.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--7S7W9TbMII/UVm3zuEixTI/AAAAAAAAAjw/e9U_Suz7pxg/s1600/cover.png" height="191" width="400"></a></div><br>I always talk about how I think I&#39;d be pretty good at surviving the zombie apocalypse, so much so, that I really do want it to happen. Really. I do. I&#39;ve seen enough zombie films in my time, so I know how they move and what they feast on. How to get rid of them? Well, I&#39;ve practically grown up playing video games, so obviously I know to aim for the head. My youth was training.<br><br>The flat I&#39;m currently renting seems to be perfectly designed against the undead horde, too. Firstly, I&#39;m on the 2nd floor in this house. Second, the narrow entrance to our flat acts as a brilliant choke point. Thirdly, my cupboards are well stocked with baked beans and green herbs. And lastly, I own a shotgun.<br><br>Okay, well I might have embellished that a little bit.<br><br>I actually live on the first floor.<br><br>What I would be very rubbish at though, is evacuating a whole city. I can&#39;t stand middle management, you see. Unfortunately for me, this would be the goal of the next game on the list: Atom Zombie Smasher.<br><br><a href="http://the-ninth-life.blogspot.com/2013/04/atom-zombie-smasher.html#more">Read more »</a>mrbennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781827177634535557noreply@blogger.com0